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alumni
times May
2021
1981 Herald Shield Team
IN THIS ISSUE 2020 VCE Results College News
From the Principal Alumni Profile: Student Achievements
Where are they now?
2021 Alumni Reunion In the Media
Night Buildings & Facilities Update
The Last Word
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
The cover photo on this “How do we make the most of every chance we get?”
issue of Alumni Times
First, realise we cannot become what we want to be by remaining
is a tribute to the 40th
what we are. Success is a habit; mediocrity and failure are
anniversary of the
habits; a positive mental attitude is a habit; exercise is a habit.
College’s first win of XVIII
Understanding this will lead us to create good habits in our lives.
(18)edition of the Sun
Herald Shield in 1981, one Second, accepting that the people we surround ourselves
of the College’s greatest with will have a profound influence on what we achieve and
sporting achievements. more importantly what we will become. Maybe for some of
Being a member of this us there is a need for different people in our lives. Make no
team reminded me of how mistake, our attitude, speech, and behaviour are directly
important and formative affected or influenced by our friends. We must ask, do our
the memories we make friends encourage, discourage, or ignore our dreams, hopes,
in our school life can be and plans for the future? In the game of life, we do not need
in our adult life. I am also anyone holding us back as we seek to make the most of
aware that experiences every opportunity. Our friends are either empowering and
in our formative years encouraging us, or they are not. If not, we need to find friends
can be both positive who will.
and negative. However,
I encourage students in Lastly, developing a mindset that prepares for the opportunities
our care today to take up every opportunity presented them that present themselves, whenever and however. Opportunities
in their time at the College, as we will never know how such are not usually announced with flashing neon signs or marching
experiences are going to influence their lives in the future. bands; more often, they are understated little nudges, subtly
I know that the memories of that August night, when 21 pointing us in the right direction. So, trust your intuition. Do
boys from the Western suburbs banded together to win the not let fear dictate your path. Richard Branson once said, “If
most prestigious school football trophy in Victoria, will live somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not
with us forever. It created a bond between us that remains sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!”
unbroken to this day, regardless of how long a period between Congratulations to all the students highlighted in this issue
bumping into each other. The stories the College shares in this of Alumni Times, who have made the most of opportunities
publication of past and present students illustrates those who that came their way and good luck to the rest of us as we look
have grasped the opportunities afforded to them in their lives forward to the next opportunity. I look forward to catching up
and ran with them very successfully. with my past collegians in November when we gather to recall
The advice to make the most of opportunities in our lives is not and reminisce past glories.
groundbreaking nor is it a new way of thinking. We only need Rob Brennan
to look at scripture to find evidence of being advised to make Principal
the most of every chance we are given. Jesus, in his Parable of
the Talents, tells of a master who before travelling, entrusts
his property to his servants. Each receives a different amount
according to their abilities. Upon returning, the master asks
his three servants for an account of the talents he entrusted
to them. The first two servants explain that they each put their
A prayer of gratitude
talents to work, doubling the value of the property with which
God of Life and Love,
they were entrusted; each servant was rewarded. However, the
third servant had merely hidden his talent, had buried it in the
We remember the forming events of our lives: our
ground, and was punished by his master. The message in this
childhoods with the wonder of new things, our school
parable plainly outlines our responsibility as believers to make days with the challenge of new skills, and our first years
the most of the gifts, talents and opportunities given to us. of work that paid for our chosen lifestyles. We recall the
Make the most of every opportunity – when we have anything highs and lows when we learnt more about ourselves, our
little in our hands, look at opportunity to grow it. Do not focus world and your eternal love.
on what you do not have today, rather, know that you have it
and you can grow it. We give thanks for the blessings you have bestowed on
Each story in this magazine, along with countless stories our lives. You have surrounded us with people who look
communicated in a variety of College publications over the out for each other. You have given us family and friends
years, all have the same theme - students or people making who bless us every day. They lift us up in ways that keep
the most of opportunities presented to them. our eyes focused on you and make our spirit soar.
I think it is obvious from scripture that God requires more of We give thanks for the safety you provide all the days
us than coasting through life, waiting for fate to take control of our life. You guide us to make better choices and
and hoping to end up in heaven. God calls us to, “Wake up from provide us with wise voices to help me with life’s difficult
our sleep, climb out of our coffins; allow Christ to show us the decisions. You speak to us in so many ways so that we
light! To watch our step. Use our heads. Make the most of every always know you are here.
chance we get.”
We are grateful for all of your blessings in our lives. Never
I present these examples as motivation for all in the allow us to forget how blessed we truly are. May we live
community to avoid a life of indifference; a life without interest with gratitude in prayer and continue to live life to the full
or concern; one of apathy or not wanting to make a difference as your son Jesus Christ has invited us to do.
in our world, instead to make the most of every opportunity
that comes our way. AMEN.
Classes Of SAVE THE DATE
2021 REUNION NIGHT
When: Friday, 5 November 7pm–11pm
Where: 204 Churchill Avenue, Braybrook 3019
Cost: $20 cash entry at the door
Dress: Smart casual
Finger food provided, along with a welcome drink upon arrival. Partners
welcome. However, it is strictly an adults only event.
RSVP: Monday, 11 October 2021.
RSVP your name, graduating year and number of attendees to
alumni@cccc.vic.edu.au to confirm your attendance. If you have any
memorabilia you would like to contribute for display, let us know.
Still keep in contact with others from your graduating year?
Please encourage them to attend and pass on the event details.
The event is subject to change due to the imposition of restrictions
related to COIVD-19.
2020 MAKE UP REUNION NIGHT
Classes Of 1980 1990 2000 2010
Friday, 27 August 2021. Further details to come, keep an eye out on communications from the College.
Congratulations
to the Class of 2020
The College Dux for 2020 was Jaicquinn Strafonda, who In addition, the College saw some great results across the whole
achieved an ATAR score of 98.75, along with a perfect 50/50 student body:
study score in Systems Engineering. Our Top 20 students from • 209 students successfully completed VCE, VET and VCAL
the graduating class of 2021 achieved an average ATAR of 91,
along with another perfect 50/50 study score in Sociology by • 33 Study Scores above 40
Proxime Accessit, Jazmin Andres, who attained an ATAR of • 37 ATAR scores above 80
98.55.
• Highest average ATAR in six years
THE YEARS:
TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING
EVENTS
NUMBER 1 SONG
according to the ARIA 1971
Singles Chart
ictoria becomes the first
V
state to make the wearing of
1971 Eagle Rock seat belts in motor vehicles
Daddy Cool compulsory.
First one-day international,
1981 Counting the Beat
Australia vs England at the MCG.
The Swingers
Cyclone Althea strikes
1991 (Everything I Do) Townsville.
I Do It for You Walt Disney World opens in
Bryan Adams Florida.
2001 Can’t Fight the 1981
Moonlight Ronald Reagan inaugurated
LeAnn Rimes as the 40th President of the
United States of America.
2011 Party Rock Anthem IBM introduces its first Personal
LMFAO (feat. Lauren Computer (PC & PC-DOS version
Bennett & GoonRock) 1.0).
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince
Philip tour Australia.
Publication of the Macquarie
Dictionary recognises the
distinctive identity of Australian
English.
1991
Gulf War ends.
Rock band Nirvana release their
single Smells like Teen Spirit.
NUMBER 1 MOVIE ‘www’ debuts as a publicly
worldwide available service on the
Internet.
1971 Billy Jack
The Coode Island chemical
1981 Raiders of the storage facility in Melbourne
Lost Ark explodes, leaving a toxic cloud
hanging over the city for days.
1991 Terminator 2:
Judgement Day 2001
Death of Donald Bradman,
2001 Shrek aged 92.
2011 Harry Potter and The September 11 terrorist
the Deathly Hallows: attacks strike at three locations
Part 2 including New York’s World
Trade Centre Towers.
2011
AUSTRALIAN PM Cyclone Yasi devastates coastal
areas in Queensland.
1971 William McMahon 9.0 magnitude earthquake
strikes Japan, triggering a
1981 Malcolm Fraser tsunami killing thousands of
1991 Paul Keating people and causing one of the
worst nuclear accident in history
2001 John Howard at Fukushima.
The world population reaches 7
2011 Julia Gillard
billion inhabitants according to
the United Nations.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Elaine Bo, Class of 2007
Graduating as a dietitian in 2014
In the school yard with friends
My name is Elaine Bo and I graduated from Caroline Chisholm and attending school with
Catholic College in 2007. In school, I was a quiet, hard-working them. We got to sit through
silent achiever. But I also had a sporty side; I represented the various classes, attend
College at school swimming carnivals from Years 7-12 (one of sporting activities and other
few senior girls) and also joined the cross-country team after festivities. Experiencing
encouragement from friends. Sports kept school life balanced, school life in the shoes of
especially during Year 12 where I studied Maths Methods, a Japanese student was so
Chemistry, Physics, English and Japanese. different, yet so enjoyable.
Looking back, I am really
I went on to study a further seven years at university (who grateful I took up that
knew?!) before commencing work. It started with a Bachelor opportunity to go on an
of Science (Food Science) at the University of Melbourne, exchange.
followed by a Master in Human Nutrition at Deakin University,
and topped off with a Master in Dietetics at Deakin University. I What do you miss about
completed clinical placements at The Western Hospital, and went school?
outside my comfort zone to complete community placement in I miss seeing my friends
Warrnambool. I graduated in mid-2014 as a Dietitian. My aim was from school and the
to become a Sports Dietitian, so after completing a short-course relatively carefree nature of
in Sports Nutrition at the prestigious Australian Institute of Sport being a student. We would
in 2015 I had finally achieved that title! talk about lots of different
things and spend time hanging after school or during school
After rewarding myself with a holiday after my studies, I holidays. It was nostalgic walking through the grounds of
started looking for work in private practice and hospitals – it the College during my reunion in 2017. Everything looked so
was challenging because many applications were turned down. different to how I remembered it back then.
I persevered with networking and reaching out to experienced
Sports Dietitians who mentored me. I eventually landed a What advice do you have for students today?
volunteer opportunity as a Sports Dietitian Assistant at the Make the most of your school years to form long-lasting
Northern Blues VFL. From then on, the opportunities began friendships because these people will help keep you grounded
to roll in and I started working across multiple private practice as you grow older. If you’re unsure of what you want to do after
clinics in Melbourne. finishing school, reach out to people for career advice and
speak to people who work in the field you plan on working in
My breakthrough into the Sports Nutrition field was being offered to know what it’s like. Most importantly, balance your studies
an intern Sports Dietitian role at the Victorian Institute of Sport with physical activity – whether it is organised sport or going
in July 2016, right before the Rio Olympics began! Fast forward for regular walks as a break. Sport does so much more than
to 2020, I now oversee five sporting programs and am extremely keep you physically healthy, it is paramount for a healthy and
lucky to be working with some of Victoria’s best athletes. Some strong mindset.
highlights in my career so far include attending the 2018 Gold
Coast Commonwealth Games and working with Paralympics
Australia to service the Australian Wheelchair Rugby Team.
Although I am already working in elite sport, I still aspire to
achieve more. One day I would love to be responsible for
providing food services for athletes at a major international
sporting event such as the Olympics. Life is all about learning,
and I am continuing to engage in professional development to
become an expert in my field.
Japanese was my favourite subject, and it was one I excelled
in. I went on an exchange to Japan in 2006 and the trip was
perhaps the most memorable part of high school. Aside from
having plenty of fun visiting places and eating lots of Japanese
food, the best experience was living with the host family Our small Japanese class!
David Pace, Class of 1981
Chisholm College, rock ‘n’ roll, frogs, birds and teaching...these My second passion focused on the natural word. A real ‘greenie’
are a few of my favourite things. at heart, Biology lessons with Mr Peter Kelly and the late Brother
Clarence LeBreton, were a highlight at school. In fact, I recall Brother
Playing in a rock ‘n’ roll band and touring Australia and various LeBreton inviting me to attend a bird watching session – yes, I was,
countries over and over, was the last thing I expected to be and still am, a ‘bird nerd’! It was not only birds that captivated me, it
doing when I sat in Ms Susan Clarke’s English class back in was literally all living creatures with birds, amphibians, reptiles and
1981. In fact, during my years at Chisholm College, I had no indigenous plants becoming my areas of expertise. I can honestly say
idea where I would end up. However, upon reflection my that Chisholm College must be partly responsible for my ‘freakish’
education at St John’s and Chisholm College was subtly laying knowledge on these - thank you Brother LeBreton. I worked at
the foundations of things to come. Healesville Sanctuary and the Melbourne Zoo for the best part of a
I attended St John’s College between 1975-1978 and Chisholm decade as an Education Officer.
College between 1979 and 1981. My favourite subjects were My passions for the environment and music worked beautifully
Biology, Art, Geography and playing trumpet in the school together when I entered the teaching profession. I could teach
concert band, conducted by music teacher Mr Max Lever and units on music history, with students doing projects on Elvis
supported by Mr Bill Lucas. Interestingly, it was playing in this Costello, The Clash and Blondie, while creating habitat gardens
band that led to one of two careers, one in music and the other in the school grounds and including a range of living creatures
in education, which would run parallel for the next 30 years. in the classroom. An ex-student now, in their 40s, recalled, “How
After Chisholm College, I attended Australian Catholic cool it was to learn about the punk band The Dead Kennedy’s
University, then known as the Institute of Catholic Education, when I was in Grade 5!”
and hence began my career as a primary school teacher. It was
also at this time that I taught by day and I was performing at
night. My passion was ‘New Wave’ and Post Punk’ music. I was
in several bands, but the band that really took off was Painters
and Dockers. We started back in 1983 and continue on to this
day, some 11 albums later and countless tours.
A major highlight was being inducted into The Age’s Good
Weekender ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’ in 2009. Other
highlights included supporting, playing or recording with bands
such as Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, Wedding Parties Anything, Nick
Cave, The Saints, The Sunnyboys, The Cramps, Billy Idol, Iggy
Pop and even with Davey Jones and The Monkees!
Daniel Galea, Class of 1994
1993 Present Day My partner Garth and I
I attended St John’s College and then went on to Chisholm time where we began taking more notice of climate changes,
College for my VCE. There I studied and excelled in Legal and equality and understanding difference in religions and ethnic
Media Studies along with Music and Drama. During these backgrounds. We also began learning to express ourselves
years, I worked hard towards a career either on a stage or more openly. I recall one religion class with Brother Renee
in front of the camera. I spent a lot of time auditioning and Gallant where we openly discussed a cult leader (of the time)
working in film and television with the likes of Neighbours, David Koresh of Waco Texas and the horrible things he’d
Blue Heelers, The Heartbreak Kid, Full Frontal and Halifax, committed. Brother Gallant did not shy away from this topic. In
along with many TV commercials. This allowed me to become a fact, he encouraged us to discuss this (non-curricular) matter.
member of the Actor’s Equity Union of Australia. I also spent a For a Catholic school, Chisholm College was very progressive
lot of time in my teens and 20s in various rock and punk bands in its ways and I take that with me in life. Another impression
playing the bass guitar. I realised that breaking into any real left on me was Brother Joseph Bouchard (Principal at the time).
lead roles was not my calling, but the possibility of working Although I did not deal with him a great deal, I do recall him
behind the camera was a strong contender. My love of music to be a very kind-hearted, warm, empathetic and encouraging
and the arts steered me on to study audio engineering at SAE individual. Many other students at that time spoke very highly
College which gave me a little bit of work but not enough to of him too. A beautiful man who was loved by his pupils.
sustain a good living. I tirelessly tried to crack into one of local
TV stations, radio stations, film or TV production companies, to What do you miss most about School?
no avail. I miss the sense of being part of a community. Discussing our
futures and aspirations between ourselves were uplifting
I spent a couple of years with Toyota manufacturing which moments. I am getting goose bumps now just writing about
helped fund my next career move which was in IT. I studied at those times. The school nurtured such a positive outlook
Interim Technology, and from there, at age 21, I stepped straight among students. I miss the half days of 8am to 12:30pm
into an IT support role with Hardcore and Globe, a company and 12:30pm to 4:30pm on alternate days. The autonomous
that focused on the action sports. They produce skateboards, study times helped mould me into a person who could work
skate shoes and apparel. My role turned into the Network independently and in a team. This was paramount training
Infrastructure Manager for the Australiasian region. Considering for my future after high school. I miss media studies and legal
I did not study IT at high school and did not even know how to studies. Working with Bruce Webster in media and Manny
turn on a computer at my first day of IT training, I managed to Gambin in legal felt more like a university lecture than high
clock up 19 years with Globe. I travelled up and down the east school. Their teaching styles were very advanced.
coast of Australia many times for work, the Gold Coast and
Sydney in particular as well as surf competitions in Fiji. I learnt What advice do you have for students today?
a lot from Globe and relished in an industry which I had a keen My advice to students today is to understand that not
interest in. I loved being part of a company which focused on every person in the world does things the same way as you.
trends as well as taking global issues such as climate change Accepting these differences is crucial for living in a harmonious
very seriously. In my final years with Globe I felt that I needed world and this is something we should all be aiming to achieve.
a bigger challenge in my life. So in July 2019, I resigned from I do believe many young people today are far more aware of
the company to take on a new career change. I decided to work this than we ever were in our teen years. I strongly believe the
for myself, although not in IT, I now buy, renovate and tenant world is on the right track to achieving all of this. Another piece
properties with an ethical approach. of advice I can offer is that achieving your highest grades at
high school is key. You have so many years after high school
I currently live in Malta, albeit currently stuck back in Australia to enjoy your life. Don’t blow away your high school years. My
due to COVID-19, but I plan to return when this global pandemic best years in my life were most certainly in my 20s and 30s and
begins to clear. Malta is my family’s country of origin. My partner still going strong and loving my 40s. The foundations of your
and I have been together since the early 2000s and we have future-self most definitely start at high school so training your
travelled a lot in our time together. We considered adopting body and mind to perform well and reach goals begins in your
children but realised this was not our calling. This life choice teens. Don’t train your body to ignore these responsibilities.
permitted us to be less restricted with life changes and more One last bit of advice is, “Don’t give your teachers grief”. They
spontaneous with our decisions and desires. actually work incredibly hard to teach you. They have an
immense responsibility. Make them proud.
Teachers were most definitely a big influence for me. The 90s
were a somewhat coming of age for the world. This was a
BUILDING & FACILITIES UPDATE Multi-purpose Hall Construction is progressing well on our multi-purpose hall. Once completed, the hall will be a great space for us to gather as a community, fitting all staff and students in the one place. The hall will open in late 2021. Christ the King Science Wing The new Science Wing at our Christ the King Campus includes two new Science labs, along with flexible indoor and outdoor learning areas. The new Science Wing is designed by award-winning Melbourne-based architects Branch Studios and incorporates the life cycle of cells in its design.
COLLEGE NEWS Athletics Carnival Our annual Athletics Carnival was held on Thursday, 4 March, at the ever- dependent Newport Athletics Track. With COVIDSafe measures in place, students were excited to take part in all the sporting events, including the popular tug-of-war. Congratulations to Lorenzo House for taking the win for 2021, and also to all athletes across the College for giving it their all on the field.
International
Women’s Day
We came together as one for
International Women’s Day on 8 March,
and embraced this year’s theme of
#ChooseToChallenge.
Health and Physical
Education Week
HPE Week was held in early March, with events running
across our three campuses. The week highlighted the
importance of school/life balance and how physical
activity benefits our daily lives.Design and Digital Technologies Week
Design and Digital Technologies Week was held 22 – 26 March, and
featured a number of activities for students to get involved in,
including Minecraft, pasta making and plastic recycling.
Sustainability
The Sustainable Action Group, now renamed the Eco-Committee
in 2021, is led by our inaugural Sustainability Captain, Jade Ma. The
Committee will endeavour to plan various initiatives and events
throughout the year to increase awareness of sustainability. The
Committee presented its vision of using plastic re-purposing machines
to produce sheets of plastic from bottle tops and showed it at the Kids
Teaching Kids Conference, sponsored by Melbourne Water.Languages Week Languages Week (15-19 March) was a huge success this year with nearly 700 students competing in our Education Perfect Languages competition against Salesian College, with our College taking the win. We also celebrated with Sudoku challenges and other activities that embraced our love of languages from around the world.
Cultural Diversity Week Our community is made up of more than 80 different nationalities from around the world. Whilst we celebrate this every day, Cultural Diversity Week (22-26 March) allowed us to put on a range of activities and performances to celebrate what makes us uniquely Caroline Chisholm Catholic College.
2020 Time Capsule We all know that 2020 was a year like no other. Throughout so much upheaval and constant change our students, families and community showed an amazing amount of resilience. At the end of the 2020 school year, the school put together a time capsule of all things related to the crazy year, and buried it in our Peace Garden, for opening in the year 2040. ANZAC Day The College came together to pay its respect for our service men and women and honour our ANZACs and their sacrafice.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Sporting
Achievement
Our last day of Term 1 saw the Year 10
Premier League Boys Volleyball team
score a win over Penola by a nail-biting
two points.
Kids Teaching Kids
On Thursday, 4 March, members of the College’s Eco-Committee journeyed to Carlton, where they attended a gala dinner
hosted by Melbourne Water. They were able to present their achievements, motivations, host interactive activities with other
adults, as well as present their theme of ‘Past, Present and Future’. This theme provided insight into the future plans of others,
gaining knowledge and ideas for improving sustainability at our school.
MACS Creative Arts Show
Catholic Education
Week (March 14-21)
saw the opening
of the Creative
Arts Exhibition,
a celebration of
artwork by students
from Catholic schools
around Victoria.
A big congratulations
to Year 12 Visual
Communication
and Design student,
Sabrina Chan, who
was awarded with
the MACS Creative
Art Show - National
Gallery of Victoria
Award for Creativity
Award - Secondary
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IMAGINE
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Our annual art, design and technology exhibition,
IMAGINE, is back in 2021, but in a re-imagined way.
Student work from across different year levels and
areas will be on display in the St Madeleine Arts
Centre at Christ the King Campus.
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Catholic College principal Caroline Chisholm Catholic College is excited
to welcome the community and prospective
Robert Brennan has returned students to its 2021 Open Day at 11am-2pm on
Sunday, May 23.
to the school where he was Families will step into a world of
opportunities open to students across the
once a student. He chats with three campuses. Learning areas will be on
display, with enthusiastic staff ready to answer
questions and demonstrate their expertise.
Tara Murray. Prospective students and parents will be able
to take part in a range of activities, from science
What was behind your decision to take on experiments to cooking demonstrations.
the principal role at Caroline Chisholm? The Performing Arts department is
welcoming back live performance with
Locality. I’ve been back in the western suburbs Footloose as the musical for 2021. Open Day
of Melbourne for 10 years and working in will allow visitors to see the exceptional talent
the east. Coming back home is certainly one at Caroline Chisholm Catholic College, and the
reason. I think there was always a romance range of subject areas available to students.
about coming back to my old school. I had very “We want prospective families to peer behind
fond memories as a student and the fact that it the curtain and come visit, explore, discover
was close to home was a dual bonus. and learn what makes us a leader in learning
excellence,” says principal, Robert Brennan.
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How does it feel to be back at a school you While Open Day tours won’t reveal the
attended? final product, construction is well under way
for the College’s multi-purpose hall, due for
It’s wonderful. It’s very, very different. Now completion late 2021.
“The hall will form a new precinct large
it is multicultural and I loved that in my
enough to accommodate our growing student
previous school and it’s something I’m really body and staff and provide a space for entire
looking forward to here. The western suburbs College gatherings,” says Mr Brennan. “It offers Caroline Chisholm Catholic College. (Pictures: Supplied)
have always had a stigma and I’m a product two full-sized basketball courts that open to
of the western suburbs, so I want to be part of principal and then five years in Bairnsdale, The outside the role and they get to see you in a side and it’s about making sure our kids an indoor/outdoor environment, providing learning areas. Designed by award-winning with a range of break-out spaces for use by to enjoy their food and take a brain break, and
making sure our kids get every opportunity last nine years I was at Salesian in Chadstone. different role. understand the beautiful side. additional covered space for wet-weather days.” Melbourne-based architects Branch Studios, students in and out of class. have some freedom as senior members of the
every other kid in Victoria gets. The infrastructure of the College is designed this wing incorporates the life cycle of cells in With a vision to continually improve and college.
What are you looking forward to most about What do you love about Brimbank? What direction do you want to take the specifically for the holistic development of the its design. keep up to date, the College offers welcoming NOTE: CovidSafe protocols will be followed
What is your teaching background? teaching in the western suburb again? school in? students and provides modern and flexible The College also has a new performing and classrooms with access to data projectors, as during the Open Day.
The down-to-earthness of people, that facilities. visual arts building, St Madeleine Centre, well as a number of specialised classrooms for
I taught at the CRC complex in St Albans for I think getting to know the kids again. One down-to-earth working class and wanting to The school has the potential to be equal to any The new science wing at Christ the King which houses music, drama, dance, and other art and technology subjects. Caroline Chisholm Catholic College,
my first six years and then CRC in Sydenham of the beautiful things about teaching at the work hard to make good for something. The school in Victoria. I want my kids to know they campus was completed and ready for the subjects. Senior students of Sacred Heart have access to 65 & 204 Churchill Avenue, Braybrook.
and had nine wonderful years there. Then CRC complex was bumping into the kids in a western suburbs are built on multiculturalism. are the equal of any other student in Victoria. I 2021 school year. It includes two new science Students at each of the three campuses have a Senior Study Centre. It includes a kitchenette Inquiries: 9296 5311 or visit
in senior management went to St Patrick’s social context, like in the supermarket or their It’s created this wonderful community that we get the sense … they don’t have the belief they labs, along with flexible indoor and outdoor access to modern and well-equipped libraries, and outdoor garden, giving students an area www.cccc.vic.edu.au
College in Ballarat for five years as a deputy work. I’ve always enjoyed getting to know them have. It can have an ugly side and beautiful are as good as others, and they are.
MY BRIMBANK - PEEK BEHIND THE DOOR
ROB BRENNAN OF A LEADING EDUCATOR
At the beginning of the school year, Principal Robert Brennan The College’s facilities and learning programs were
appeared in the Brimbank & North West Star Weekly as a reviewed in the Star Weekly in the lead up to Open
featured interview in the My Brimbank section. Day on Sunday, 23 May.
LEADERSHIP RECOGNISED
Monique Dalli and Julie Pilioglou successfully
18 BRIMBANK & NORTHWEST STAR WEEKly Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
gained their Highly Accomplished and Lead
Teacher (HALT) accreditation, part of the first
groups in Victoria to be nationally certified. In
other award news, Colin Chapman was awarded
the Adem Foster Award for Leadership in
Technologies Education.
THERAPY DOGS LEND A PAW
Year 12 fundraising captains, Sophie and Kayla, featured
alongside Barney from MacKillop Family Services’
Paws4Kids project, who visited the College on Monday,
19 April.
Hi! I’m Barney from
Paws4Kids.
I help vulnerable kids build
the confidence and social
skills they need to succeed
at school.
Visit
mackillop.org.au/get-involved/
donate/paws-4-kids
to learn more about
what I do.IN MEMORIAM
It is with sadness that we share the passing of the following members of the Caroline Chisholm Catholic College
community. May they rest in eternal peace in the loving arms of our saviour, Jesus Christ.
Diane Bonogofsky Cameron Sayers Marco Lucchesi Julie Holden
Worked at the College English teacher and Graduated from the Worked at the College
between 1977 and 2006. Year 7 Coordinator from College in 1989. for almost 10 years
1995 – 2000. from December 1997 –
September 2007.
THE LAST WORD
Got something to Contact details
Year 7 2023
add? So much has changed since you
Enrolments We would love to hear what you’ve been
graduated – maybe even your contact
details.
Applications are now open for up to since leaving the College. Share
Year 7 students commencing in your memories and photos from your Having your contact details, especially
2023 and close 20 August 2021. time at school and your journey to the your email address, means we can send
Visit cccc.vic.edu.au to learn more. present day. you news, reunion notices and event
invitations.
Email alumni@cccc.vic.edu.au with your
contributions. You can update your details by:
Volunteers Email: alumni@cccc.vic.edu.au
Tell us what you Phone: +61 3 9296 5311
Welcome Online: cccc.vic.edu.au
think
We always welcome the support of our Alumni Times celebrates Caroline
alumni for current and future events, Chisholm Catholic College’s past,
including Open Days, Reunion Nights present and future. We would love to
and performing arts shows. If you are hear your feedback about this edition
interested in volunteering – once off or and your ideas for future ones via
ongoing – email alumni@cccc.vic.edu.au alumni@cccc.vic.edu.au
Mentoring We are looking for members within our community who would be willing to be a
mentor to our Year 12 students.
What would the mentor commitment be:
Every year we find that our
Year 12 students who get an •A
real person that students could contact via the phone
offer into a university course •A
real person that students could ask questions about their potential course/s that
post their Year 12 studies they have selected as a course of study
sometimes find the enrolment
into the university process a •A
possible meeting at the start of the university year to help navigate around the
little overwhelming, sometimes university.
difficult and frustrating. If you can help please let us know by contacting careers@cccc.vic.edu.au and
someone from the College will be in touch once you have indicated that you are
Could you help? willing to help.Caroline Chisholm Catholic College T: 03 9296 5311 E: communications@cccc.vic.edu.au cccc.vic.edu.au CCCC_Braybrook carolinechisholmcatholiccollege carolinechisholmcatholiccoll carolinechisholmcatholiccollege
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